Little Waldingfield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 2020. A 20th century War memorial.
Little Waldingfield War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- shifting-landing-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- 20th century
- Address
- Little Waldingfield War Memorial, St Lawrence's Churchyard, Suffolk, CO10 0SW
- OS grid reference
- TL 924 451
- Coordinates
- 52.07125, 0.80589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Waldingfield War Memorial is a First World War memorial made of Portland stone. It is located in the churchyard of the Grade I listed Church of St Lawrence, with Churchside to the west and The Priory to the south, both of which are Grade II listed.
The memorial features a plain, tapering Celtic cross that sits atop a tall tapering plinth and a two-stepped base. On the front (south) face of the plinth, there is incised lettering that reads:
"TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/"
The ranks, names, regiments, and years of death of the eight individuals who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the west and east sides of the plinth. Additionally, on the front of the upper step of the base, there is an inscription ‘1939-1945’, with further details of the fallen provided on the west and east sides of the step. The name of the sculptor is also incised in small letters on the front of the upper step of the base.
Local climate
Little Waldingfield War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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